Big Ol' Bomb/history

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June 24, 2025

  • Big Ol' Bomb: This skill has been moved into the Bomb Kit, replacing Glue Bomb. This skill now knocks down enemies instead of launching them and combos a blast finisher twice. Increased the radius from 300 to 360. Increased the power coefficient from 2.475 to 3.0 in PvE only.
Big Ol' Bomb.png

Big Ol' Bomb

Profession
Engineer icon small.png Engineer (skill list)
Kit
Bomb Kit.png Bomb Kit
 
Weapon slot 5
Game link
0.5½ Activation time  20 Recharge time  
Big Ol' Bomb

Set a timed charge with a big blast that knocks down nearby foes. This skill blast finishes twice.

Damage.png Damage: 1,066 (3.0)?
Damage.png Damage: 4 (0.01)?
Knockdown.png Knockdown: 3 seconds
Number of targets.png Number of Targets: 5
Duration.png Fuse Time: 3 seconds
Radius.png Radius: 360
Explosion.png Explosion
Combo.png Combo Finisher: Blast
Combo.png Combo Finisher: Blast
Evade.png Defiance Break: 300

— In-game description

February 28, 2022

  • (Undocumented) Added tooltip fact Defiance Break.
Big Ol' Bomb.png

Big Ol' Bomb

Profession
Engineer icon small.png Engineer (skill list)
Parent skill
Bomb Kit.png Bomb Kit
Slot
Profession mechanic
Type
Tool belt
Game link
0.5½ Activation time  20 Recharge time  
Big Ol' Bomb

Set a timed charge with a big blast that launches nearby foes.

Damage.png Damage: 658 (2.475)?
Damage.png Damage: 3 (0.01)?
Launch.png Launch: 400
Number of targets.png Number of Targets: 5
Duration.png Fuse Time: 3 seconds
Radius.png Radius: 300
Explosion.png Explosion
Combo.png Combo Finisher: Blast
Evade.png Defiance Break: 232[sic]

— In-game description

February 25, 2020

  • Big Ol' Bomb: Reduced recharge from 25 seconds to 20 seconds.
    • (Competitive split) Reduced power coefficient from 2.475 to 0.01. Reduced cooldown from 25 seconds to 20 seconds.
Big Ol' Bomb.png

Big Ol' Bomb

Profession
Engineer icon small.png Engineer (skill list)
Parent skill
Bomb Kit.png Bomb Kit
Slot
Profession mechanic
Type
Tool belt
Game link
0.5½ Activation time  20 Recharge time  
Big Ol' Bomb

Set a timed charge with a big blast that launches nearby foes.

Damage.png Damage: 658 (2.475)?
Damage.png Damage: 3 (0.01)?
Launch.png Launch: 400
Number of targets.png Number of Targets: 5
Radius.png Radius: 300
Explosion.png Explosion
Combo.png Combo Finisher: Blast

— In-game description

August 08, 2017

Big Ol' Bomb.png

Big Ol' Bomb

Profession
Engineer icon small.png Engineer (skill list)
Parent skill
Bomb Kit.png Bomb Kit
Type
Tool belt
Game link
0.5½ Activation time  25 Recharge time  
Big Ol' Bomb

Set a timed charge with a big blast that launches nearby foes.

Damage.png Damage: 658 (2.475)?
Launch.png Launch: 400
Number of targets.png Number of Targets: 5
Radius.png Radius: 300
Explosion.png Explosion
Combo.png Combo Finisher: Blast

— In-game description

February 22, 2017

Big Ol' Bomb.png

Big Ol' Bomb

Profession
Engineer icon small.png Engineer (skill list)
Parent skill
Bomb Kit.png Bomb Kit
Type
Tool belt
Game link
0.5½ Activation time  25 Recharge time  
Big Ol' Bomb

Set a timed charge with a big blast that launches nearby foes.

Damage.png Damage: 598 (2.25)?
Launch.png Launch: 400
Number of targets.png Number of Targets: 5
Radius.png Radius: 300
Explosion.png Explosion
Combo.png Combo Finisher: Blast

— In-game description

October 18, 2016

  • Big Ol' Bomb: The knockdown duration of this ability has been increased from 2 seconds to 3 seconds.

June 23, 2015

  • Big Ol' Bomb: Recharge reduced from 30 seconds to 25 seconds.
Big Ol' Bomb.png

Big Ol' Bomb

Profession
Engineer icon small.png Engineer (skill list)
Parent skill
Bomb Kit.png Bomb Kit
Type
Tool belt
Game link
0.5½ Activation time  25 Recharge time  
Big Ol' Bomb

Set a timed charge with a big blast that launches nearby foes.

Damage.png Damage: 598 (2.25)?
Launch.png Launch: 400
Number of targets.png Number of Targets: 5
Radius.png Radius: 300
Combo.png Combo Finisher: Blast

— In-game description

October 07, 2012

  • Big Ol' Bomb: This skill has been updated to be a blast finisher.
Big Ol' Bomb.png

Big Ol' Bomb

Profession
Engineer icon small.png Engineer (skill list)
Parent skill
Bomb Kit.png Bomb Kit
Type
Tool belt
Game link
0.5½ Activation time  30 Recharge time  
Big Ol' Bomb

Set a timed charge with a big blast that launches nearby foes.

Damage.png Damage: 554 (2,250)?
Launch.png Launch: 400
Number of targets.png Number of Targets: 5
Radius.png Radius: 300
Combo.png Combo Finisher: Blast

— In-game description

Original version

Big Ol' Bomb.png

Big Ol' Bomb

Profession
Engineer icon small.png Engineer (skill list)
Parent skill
Bomb Kit.png Bomb Kit
Type
Tool belt
Game link
0.5½ Activation time  30 Recharge time  
Big Ol' Bomb

Set a timed charge with a big blast that launches nearby foes.

Damage.png Damage: 554 (2,250)?
Launch.png Launch: 400
Number of targets.png Number of Targets: 5
Radius.png Radius: 300

— In-game description